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• Spy agency warns active Russian hackers targeting Australian industry

  14-07-2026 08:28 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian Signals Directorate says hackers are trying to access information through network devices, such as laptops, which use old software and predictable passwords.
  
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• Best of cartoons, July 16, 2026

  15-07-2026 14:52 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• ‘Create jobs, not replace them’: PM flags crackdown on data centres and AI copyright

  15-07-2026 10:25 via smh.com.au
  
  As One Nation starts to campaign against data centres, Albanese pledged to “ensure data centres do not increase power prices for Australians”.
  
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• For the true believers: Albanese echoes Pope Leo in his own AI missive

  15-07-2026 09:50 via smh.com.au
  
  As technology threatens to upend life as we know it, Albanese came with a message of reassurance and calm, on a mission to lower the collective heart rate.
  
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• Labor’s reforms harm the people they’re supposed to help: aged care watchdog

  15-07-2026 09:47 via smh.com.au
  
  The outgoing aged care watchdog said user co-payments and long wait times for home care packages were driving people into nursing homes and costing taxpayers.
  
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• ‘I’m sorry’: Uni of Sydney boss apologises to Jewish students over protest camp

  15-07-2026 09:47 via smh.com.au
  
  Mark Scott was questioned intently at the royal commission into antisemitism, where he said removing protesters may have inflamed tensions.
  
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• Albanese flags crackdown on power-hungry data centres and AI copyright theft

  15-07-2026 07:44 via smh.com.au
  
  As One Nation starts to campaign against data centres, Albanese pledged to “ensure data centres do not increase power prices for Australians”.
  
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• Labor takes a stand on data centre rules and AI copyright

  15-07-2026 07:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The prime minister unveils Labor's plan for new AI national standards, warning Australia has a narrow window to set AI's "social licence".
  
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• ‘It’s a form of intimidation and unacceptable’: Vice-chancellor grilled on student protesters

  15-07-2026 06:48 via smh.com.au
  
  The vice-chancellor of the University of Melbourne was asked about encampments and student protest actions as part of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.
  
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• Zempilas declares any Labor loss in WA by-election 'a win for Liberals'

  15-07-2026 06:15 via abc.net.au
  
  WA's Liberal leader says "there is no white flag being waved" in the upcoming Secret Harbour by-election, while indicating any result other than Labor retaining the seat, namely a win by One Nation, will be "a victory for the Liberals".
  
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• 'No white flag' in by-election race with One Nation, Liberal leader says

  15-07-2026 06:15 via abc.net.au
  
  WA's Liberal leader says "there is no white flag being waved" in the upcoming Secret Harbour by-election, while indicating any result other than Labor retaining the seat, namely a win by One Nation, will be "a victory for the Liberals".
  
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• Cricket Australia says anthem dispute ‘incorrect’ after Taylor hits out at ‘woke’ decision

  15-07-2026 06:01 via smh.com.au
  
  Taylor’s push into the cultural conversation comes as his ailing party opens the door to gender quotas after years of internal opposition.
  
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• Taylor hits out at ‘tone deaf, woke’ Cricket Australia over national anthem dispute

  15-07-2026 04:24 via smh.com.au
  
  Taylor’s push into the cultural conservation comes as his ailing party opens the door to gender quotas after years of internal opposition.
  
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• Moira Deeming makes last-ditch plea to Liberal Party to retain candidacy

  15-07-2026 03:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Victorian MP Moira Deeming faces being disendorsed as a Liberal candidate for refusing to apologise to former party leader Matthew Guy, after accusing him of assaulting her at a community event in May.
  
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• Moira Deeming drops court bid against party after last-ditch plea to retain candidacy

  15-07-2026 03:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Victorian MP Moira Deeming faces being disendorsed as a Liberal candidate for refusing to apologise to former party leader Matthew Guy, after accusing him of assaulting her at a community event in May.
  
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• The new political parties hoping to deceive 'useful idiots' in Victoria

  15-07-2026 02:32 via abc.net.au
  
  New political parties are seeking to exploit Victoria's anachronistic electoral system in the upper house, to harvest voters' preferences and funnel them wherever they please.
  
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• New political parties are trying to harvest Victorians' votes

  15-07-2026 02:32 via abc.net.au
  
  New political parties are seeking to exploit Victoria's anachronistic electoral system in the upper house, to harvest voters' preferences and funnel them wherever they please.
  
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• Live: Taylor accuses PM of creating 'office inside his office' to deal with AI

  14-07-2026 23:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Angus Taylor says Anthony Albanese is adding to bureaucracy by creating an Office of AI within his department to deal with artificial intelligence policy. Follow live.
  
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• Live: More people will take up smoking if tobacco excise is reduced, minister says

  14-07-2026 23:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Clare O'Neil says reducing the tobacco excise to address the rising take-up of illicit tobacco will not help Australians give up smoking. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Minister pushes back on calls to cut tobacco excise as black market grows

  14-07-2026 23:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Clare O'Neil says reducing the tobacco excise to address the rising take-up of illicit tobacco will not help Australians give up smoking. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Labor to force data centres to minimise water, underwrite own power

  14-07-2026 23:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The PM has announced new artificial intelligence data centres will be forced to underwrite or supply their own power and minimise their use of water under new AI standards to be introduced to parliament. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Anthony Albanese charts AI, data centre future in speech

  14-07-2026 23:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The PM is is outlining a national framework to deal with the emergence of artificial intelligence. Follow live.
  
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• Labor to force data centres to minimise water, underwrite own power — as it happened

  14-07-2026 23:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The PM has announced new artificial intelligence data centres will be forced to underwrite or supply their own power and minimise their use of water under new AI standards to be introduced to parliament. 
  
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• Suspected Widdecombe murder being treated as a targeted attack

  14-07-2026 21:41 via abc.net.au
  
  After initially saying the alleged murder of British former politician Ann Widdecombe was not politically motivated, police now say they believe it was a targeted attack.
  
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• Counterterrorism police treating Widdecombe death as a targeted attack

  14-07-2026 21:41 via abc.net.au
  
  After initially saying the alleged murder of British former politician Ann Widdecombe was not politically motivated, police now say they believe it was a targeted attack.
  
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• Coal plants would cut power costs by 2050, but with a massive price to pay

  14-07-2026 16:01 via smh.com.au
  
  The political war over net zero is set to be fought over the costs of fossil fuels and renewables, following the latest CSIRO report.
  
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• Albanese in charge of AI revolution as 200 experts release dire warning

  14-07-2026 14:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The prime minister will emphasise the technology’s “pivotal” role in resuscitating productivity and warn of extremists and hostile states using it “to spread disinformation that targets democracies”.
  
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• Anthony Albanese maps out AI future with new national framework

  14-07-2026 14:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor will develop a new national framework in response to artificial intelligence as it seeks to address the technology’s growing economic and social impacts.
  
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• Best of cartoons, July 15, 2026

  14-07-2026 12:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Budget loses billions, nation in deeper debt: The cost of cutting migration

  14-07-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Plans to cut migration further would hit the budget’s bottom line – forcing One Nation and the Coalition to cut spending or raise taxes elsewhere according to independent costings.
  
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